October Speaking Tour By Efleda Bautista Of People Surge Friends, Dr Efleda Bautista is touring New Zealand on behalf of People Surge, representing the victims of the biggest storm to make landfall in recorded history – namely Typhoon Haiyan (called Yolanda in the Philippines) which killed thousands and did huge damage in 2013. Of all the disasters, natural and manmade, in recent Philippine history, this … Continue reading In The Eye Of The Storm: Disaster Politics & Climate Change In The Philippines

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA September 8-26, Whitespace, 12 Crummer Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland Art exhibition by Bob Kerr: Bob Kerr is New Zealands leading history painter and the subject matter for this exhibition is Tim Armstrong who was jailed in Lyttelton Prison for sedition in WW1. Later in life he was the Labour MP for Christchurch East. September 25 to October 3 “The Power of Song” … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (24/09/15)

Hi all GPJA subscribers. The site was hijacked by a spammer yesterday and several messages sent out that have nothing to do with GPJA. I believe I have fixed the problem. My apologies for any inconvenience. Mike Treen Editor Continue reading Apologies for Spam sent yesterday

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA Monday, September 21 to Friday, september 25 We are delighted to invite you to our arpillera exhibition entitled “Women stitching lives in Wellington. An arpillera exhitibion” (see flyer attached) The exhibition will be open to the public between Monday 21 and Friday 25 September (opening hours 11am to 5pm) at In Good Company Gallery (166A Cuba Street, upstairs). As background information, … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (21/09/15)

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WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA New Zealand says welcome to refugees – #RefugeesWelcomeNZ Nationwide vigils – Thursday 10 September – 6.00pm This Thursday thousands of New Zealanders will gather around the country at candlelit vigils where they will have a moment of silence for the innocent lives lost and light candles for the additional lives that could be saved if the government acts immediately to double … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (10/09/15): Action for Refugees tonight

Shine a light on the refugee crisis View this email in your browser Dear Joan, In times of crisis, we come together to show the world what we stand for. Leaders around the world around the world are acting quickly to increase help to the millions of people who have been displaced by war or persecution. Germany alone expects to welcome 800,000 refugees and asylum … Continue reading Shine a light on the refugee crisis

Doing Our Bit asks where next? View this email in your browser It has been our biggest week yet. But there’s more to come. We’ve been all over the media this week, but I can guarantee there are a lot of government strategists preparing to hit back hard. Mike Hosking has already laid some ground work this morning by focusing on costs and trying to … Continue reading What a week! Where to from here…

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA Wednesday, September 2, 6.30pm FIRST Union Office, 120 Church Street, Onehunga Beating the Big End of Town: How a Community Defeated the East-West Toll Road Anthony Main, one of the spokespeople of the 2014 Melbourne community campaign, will tour his new book ‘Beating the Big End of Town’; an account of the successful struggle that stopped one of the world’s biggest … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (01/09/15)

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA Thursday, August 27, 9.30am, Where:At Auckland Town Hall Council Chamber, Auckland City Save Ihumatao, Mangere from SHA. Cost: $18 per person for Breakfast and meeting. Please come and show community support for SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape), as the Auckland Council Governing Body will be voting to request the Housing Minister revoke the Special Housing Area (SHA) status for a high … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (26/08/15); Take back the night 2015 – Friday 7pm Auckland